The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
CITY NOTES.

Yesterday was delightful day and
the cool breeze kept everybody in good
humor.
Miss Lucy Gallagher left yesterday for
her home in Crescent City, after spend
ing the winter IN this city attending
school.
The White Railroad is building new
and extensive wharf over at Daytona
which will be of great service to that
community.
j. G.. Mangold, the artist, has just re-
turned from an extended trip to the In
dian River country, where he secured a
number of new views.
Messrs. Vertrees & Co. have several
specials this morning. to which attention
is directed. They are receiving large
quantities of goods in their line, and are
selling at their usual low prices.
The northern mail is now closed every
Sunday morning at $3.50 o'clock a. m,
and parties having mail matter to be
forwarded on Sunday can save delay by
having it at the office before that hour.
The Palatka Board of Trade is consid-
ering the matter of the new city char
ter now before the Legislature. The
Board will probably have something to
say to our representatives to-day on the
question.
The tax books of Palatka Heights will
positively be closed ON the last day of
this month, and the property owners out
there will save trouble and expense by
walking up to the captains office and
paying their dues.
Mr.. C. C.. Cochran and Miss V. p. Car
rington left yesterday for Washington
City and the University of Virginia.
where they go to see the big drill and
visit friends and relatives. Miss Car
rington will return in a short while and
resume her classes.
While at the Florida Southern Railway
shops yesterday we We're shown an EN-
cry stand which was patented and made
in the shops, which has proven to be a
very fine machine. 1t was made by Pat
ern maker Sheats. and will run two en-
cry wheels at very high rate of speed.
The Palatka Club is making prepara-
tons to give grand moonlight excur-
sion on the river early in June. That it
will be a success there can be no doubt,
for everything the young men of the
Club take hold of turns out just as they
expect it to. 1t will be a delightful af-
fair, and a large crowd will go.
Geo. Eugene Bryson has Just establish
ed a new afternoon daily in Key West,
the Eceniag Cal, which he is at present
furnishing his readers on the half-sheet
plan. His material is expected to arrive
soon, when the paper will be made a
four-page paper, five columns to the
page. We wish the new paper success.
We Were wrongly informed in regard
to one of the little boys on the Methodist
Sunday school picnic falling overheard,
as was published in yesterdays paper.
Our informant was most reliable gentle
man who, attended the picnic, but it is
possible that he may have been mistaken.
There was no accident to mar the pleas
ures of the day except the bursting OF
the gun.
On Thursday evening last Mr. f. Gil
dersleeve, of this city. was married &c
Miss Fannie Boyd, at Valdosta, Ga
The happy couple arrived in Palatka
yesterday and will make their future
home in our city. The bride is a niece
of Alderman ID. a. Boyd, of this city
and has many friends in Palatka. We
extend hearty congratulations to the
bride and groom
City Marshal Manucy has posted cir
culars about the streets giving notice
that on and after June | the dog ordi
nance will be rigidly enforced. Thi.
means that all worthless ours caugh
running about the streets withous a col
Lar will be shot. Owners of dogs woul,
do well to look into this matter, as som,
line dogs may have to Weld up thei
lives In consequence.
Mr.. c. l. Rowton yesterday showed u
a cucumber about sixteen inches i,
length, which had Just been taken from
his garden. 1t was of the Telegraph
variety, very firm and full, and a
smooth as satin. We do not know wha
its capacity is for producing collie, but
it is as dangerous as it is beautiful W
are sorry for the poor wight that eats i
These cucumbers sometimes grow I
three feet in length.
By way of variety the unfortumat
before the Mayor yesterday mornin
We're all white. Thos. Wright wa
charged with trespassing, for which
was given five days ON the streets. Geors
Casey, guilty of the same offense, W;
given fifteen days on the streets. Aloni
Clark was charged with using profaI